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name: Apache Spark SQL
menu: Connecting to Databases
route: /docs/databases/spark-sql
index: 11
version: 1
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## Apache Spark SQL

The recommended connector library for Apache Spark SQL [pyhive](https://pypi.org/project/PyHive/).

The expected connection string is formatted as follows:

```
hive://hive@{hostname}:{port}/{database}
```
